JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

Roughly 30 states and the District of Columbia have statutes allowing for recovery for wrongful convictions and imprisonment. It must be done under common law, which is challenging. Under common law, Cosby could sued for malicious prosecution. Pennsylvania is not one of them (which is quite surprising).

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Tort Depositions Laws Court 47

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Not only is the law likely to be a large miss, it will likely deliver another blow to gun control efforts by adding precedent protecting Second Amendment rights. In 2008, the District of Columbia in 2008 brought us District of Columbia v. In 2010, Chicago brought us McDonald v.

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Manufacturing Laws Litigation Litigating 29

JonathanTurley

MARCH 8, 2021

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine insisted weeks ago that Trump’s alleged crime would be investigated. As if to guarantee failure, Swalwell picked the very tort — emotional distress — that was previously rejected by the Supreme Court.

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Tort Legal Legal Court 58

JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

The second “Count Five” is actually just a demand for punitive damages, rather than an actual separate tort. A wide array of legal experts insisted that this was a strong and clear case for such a charge and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine garnered widespread acclaim by announcing soon after the Jan.

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Punitive Damages Tort Statute Court 49

JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2021

Or you watch a football game with friends and try to explain that the cameraman wiped out by the running back would have a great torts case. It will be a fun bit of trivia for constitutional law geeks, but it was also telling. Yet, many on the left do not want to wait for a broader mandate to implement sweeping changes.

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Immigration Constitutional Law Tort Sports 50

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

” The complaint notes that 46 states and the District of Columbia have criminalized the dissemination nude or sexually graphic images. However, revenge porn laws are not directed at the media but rather private parties like Heslep if he did distribute these photos. The Court in cases like New York Times v.

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